A former police officer was arrested on suspicion of helping criminals launder hundreds of millions of shekels

The Magistrate's Court in Nazareth extended the detention of the former police intelligence coordinator by eight days.

Another 10 suspects in the affair were arrested by Lahav 443 investigators, including a VAT worker from Nazareth who is suspected of accepting bribes. During the investigation, 11 suspects raided the homes and businesses and seized checks and cash on the threshold of NIS 120,000.

Yoav Itiel and Shlomi Heller

23/05/2022

Monday, 23 May 2022, 22:53 Updated: Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 04:33

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The Magistrate's Court in Nazareth yesterday (Monday) extended for eight days the detention of Eli Ben-David, 56, from Pardes Hanna, a former police intelligence coordinator in Hadera and Wadi Ara.

Ben-David is suspected of helping criminals belonging to Arab society in the north of the country to launder hundreds of millions of shekels originating from a gas station.

Ten other suspects in the case were arrested by Lahav 443 investigators, including a VAT worker from Nazareth suspected of accepting bribes

. Shekels.

The investigation revealed that criminals belonging to Arab society in the northern part of the country used fictitious invoices originating at a gas station, with the aim of money laundering and fraud by the tax authorities.

During the investigation, the homes and businesses of 11 suspects were raided and checks and cash were seized at the threshold of NIS 120,000, jewelry and 13 vehicles, including luxury vehicles.

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Blade 433 investigators raid the suspects' homes (Photo: Israel Police Spokeswoman, Israel Police Spokeswoman)

Cash was seized in cash on the threshold of 120 shekels (Photo: Israel Police Spokeswoman, Israel Police Spokeswoman)

The detention of the suspects in the case, including Ben-David, Nur Aladdin Mahajna, 31, Mahmoud Agbaria, 28, Osama Shalabi, 28, Hossam Jarjura, 28, and Iz Aladin Ibrahim, 43, has been extended. In eight days.

The detention of Tax Authority employee Amiram Asaig, 62, from Afula, who is also a suspect in the affair, was extended by only four days.

Asaig, head of the Nazareth VAT collection department, is suspected of taking bribes as part of his job, helping others evade paying taxes, working with others to omit income and managing false books by trickery and fraud. Although in practice no reports were submitted.

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